Rail joint



April 20, 1943. J. FARAGO 2,316,849

RAIL JO-INT Filed May 16, 1941 RAIL JOENT .Eoscph Farago, Detroit, Mich, assignor or" onehalf to Albert Matica, Detroit, Mich.

Application May 16, 1941, Serial No.

2 Claims. (Cl. 233254) The present invention relates to improvements in rail joints.

Ihe primary object of the invention is to provide a rail joint which may be quickly and easily assembled by means of a pair of rail web-engaging plates, corresponding ends of which have an interfitting sliding connection with one rail while the other ends of the plates are secured to the other rail end.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent during the course of the following description of the accompanying drawing, wherein,

Figure 1 is a side elevational view of the rail joint, partly broken away, to illustrate the sliding interfitting connection between the web plates and one rail end,

Figure 2 is a vertical cross-sectional view taken on line 2-2 of Figure 1, and

Figure 3 is a perspective view of one of the rail web-engaging plates.

In the embodiment of the invention illustrated, the rail ends 38 and iii have their abutting ends in aligned relation and said rails each include a base portion having a web portion and a tread portion 3a.

A rail web-engaging plate 55 is adapted to be placed at each side of the meeting rail ends 38 and 3] to bridge the joint between the ends of the rails.

Each rail joint plate comprises a web engaging portion 36 having an outwardly extending rail flange engaging portion 3? terminating in a downwardly depending portion 38 adapted to embrace the fiange of the rail.

At one end of each rail joint plate there is provided an elongated tongue 38 which is adapted to enter a slot iii of less length than the tongue formed in the underside of the rail tread 35 on opposite sides of the web 33.

The opposite end of the rail joint plate has its web-en aging portion provided with spaced apertures M which are adapted to receive a bolt M having threaded on the end thereof a nut M, after passing through a correspondingly positioned opening in the web 33 of the rail 31.

In the invention shown, it is merely necessary to slide the tongue on each rail joint plate into its corresponding groove on the underside of the rail tread after which the rail joint plate is moved laterally into engagement with the web and flange of the rail so that the web and flange will be embraced by the outwardly and downwardly extending portions of the rail joint plates. Spikes are driven in the usual manner into the rail ties to anchor the rails so that the heads will engage downwardly flanged confining portions of the rails. As shown in Figure 1, corresponding ends of the web-engaging plates 35 are rigidly secured to the rail end 35, while the other ends of the plates 35 have tongue and groove connections with the rail end 39, and with the slots dd of slightly greater length than the tongues 39, expansion and contraction of the rail ends is permitted within the range of the tongue and slot connection.

While there is herein shown and described the preferred embodiment of the invention, it is nevertheless to be understood that minor changes may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

I claim:

1. In a rail joint, meeting rail the under side of the head of one rail end having a slot therein at each side of the rail web, a web-engaging plate at each side of the meeting rail ends overlapping the same, a tongue of less length than said slots extending upwardly from the upper edges of corresponding ends of each web-engaging plate interfittingly received in the slots in said one rail end, and nut and bolt combinations extending through the ends of the web-engaging plates and the web of the other rail end for securing the web-engaging plates in position.

2. In a rail joint, meeting rail ends, a rail webengaging pla e at each side of the meeting ends overlapping the same, a locking connection between the corresponding ends of the rail web-engaging plates and one rail end including the provision of a slot in the underside of the rail head of said one rail end at each side of the web thereof and a tongue of less length than said slots extending upwardly from the upper edge of each rail engaging web disposed in the adjacent slot, and nut and bolt combinations for anchoring the other ends of the rail web-engaging plates to the web of the other rail end.

JOSEPH FARAGO. 

